| As I went down yon heathery moor
|
| I met a bonny wee lassie
|
| She winked at me and passed me by
|
| And oh but she was handsome
|
| Chorus (after each verse):
|
| With me twadigan adigan antin aye
|
| With me twadigan adigan aye do
|
| «Where are you going, my bonny wee lass?
|
| «Where are you going, my honey?»
|
| Quite mannerly she answered me
|
| «On a message for me maimí»
|
| «Oh what’s your age, my bonny wee lassie?
|
| «Oh what’s your age, my honey?»
|
| Quite mannerly she answered me
|
| «I'll be sixteen come next Sunday»
|
| «Oh where do you live, my bonny wee lass?
|
| «Oh where do you live, my honey?»
|
| Quite mannerly she answered me
|
| «Away down in yon green valley»
|
| «Oh where do you lie, my bonny wee lass?
|
| «Oh where do you lie, my honey?»
|
| Quite mannerly she answered me
|
| «In the bed behind me maimí»
|
| «Will you marry me, my bonny wee lass?
|
| «Will you marry me, my honey?»
|
| Quite mannerly she answered me
|
| «Will you wait 'til I ask me maimí?»
|
| «If I go down the morrow night
|
| When the moon will be shining clearly
|
| Will you open the door and let me in
|
| And your maimí, she won’t hear me?»
|
| As I went down to her house
|
| Her maimí chanced to hear me
|
| She pulled her daughter by the hair
|
| And she hit her three times over |